Am I the only one who feels this way?

[SkyPie 261]

I don't know why but I find myself cringing at most MLP moments in the newer episodes these days. And then I'm like, there's nothing wrong with these scenes. Why am I cringing? Maybe because the dialogue is unnatural? I have no idea why. I hope I'm not alone in this. Anyone got an explanation?

[Guest]

It may just not be your thing anymore. Personally I couldn't have been happier with season 7. 

[SkyPie 261]

2 minutes ago, Sunset Rose said:

It may just not be your thing anymore. Personally I couldn't have been happier with season 7. 

Maybe. But I think I'm still going to keep watching. It's hard for me to give something up. 

[Crystal Peppermint 1,108]

Well some episodes are cringe worthy, so no. You're not alone.

Example: The Episode where Spike trys to sing the cloudsdale anthem.

[SkyPie 261]

5 minutes ago, Crystal Peppermint said:

Well some episodes are cringe worthy, so no. You're not alone.

Example: The Episode where Spike trys to sing the cloudsdale anthem.

Yeah, but there's parts where I think there's nothing wrong with it. For example, I cringe at all the parts in that Gala episode with Discord when the CMC are chanting. And those times when they recap something that happened previously through the dialogue. 

[Sparklefan1234 171,237]

52 minutes ago, Pink Feather said:

I don't know why but I find myself cringing at most MLP moments in the newer episodes these days. And then I'm like, there's nothing wrong with these scenes. Why am I cringing? Maybe because the dialogue is unnatural? I have no idea why. I hope I'm not alone in this. Anyone got an explanation?

 

I found myself cringing at most of the dialogue in the MLP Movie, does that count?

 

 To answer your question:

 

You've probably been watching this show for a long time & you may be growing tired of the repetitiveness of it.

 

[SparklingSquirrels 21,345]

Yeah, the same thing has been happening to me. I'm simply not as interested in the show as I was back in 2012/2013 when I first started watching.

It's normal for your interests to change, so it's perfectly fine to feel this way . As long as you're still enjoying the show, then don't worry about it. But if you feel like you're not enjoying it as much, then take a break from it for awhile and come back to it later. That's what I did about a year ago and it really helped!

[SkyPie 261]

23 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

I found myself cringing at most of the dialogue in the MLP Movie, does that count?

 

 To answer your question:

 

You've probably been watching this show for a long time & you may be growing tired of the repetitiveness of it.

 

I remember it's also when they say their thoughts out loud. I'm like, why do you do that?

[Sparklefan1234 171,237]

2 minutes ago, Pink Feather said:

I remember it's also when they say their thoughts out loud. I'm like, why do you do that?

 

I think that's just a writing trope.

 

 

[Hierok 11,831]

I only crinch at moments which are forced or just really awkward. But I can imagine other scenes be crinchworthy too. 

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

Sometimes I do, and I don't watch the show much right now unless a new episode is out. I still love the show, but it's normal to change interests.

[Jade The Pegasister 383]

To be completely honest the songs this season made me cringe, actually since season five really LOL I’ve been cringing at MLP lately, too

and might I also add the episodes from season one to three actually seemed a lot less cringy (in my opinion) so i completely get it 

 That’s why I watch older episodes sometimes because they seem a lot less funky 

Edited November 30, 2017 by Jade The Pegasister

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,577]

I don't see it the same way. If anything, the older episodes have more cringey lines and odd delivery in my book. The newer episodes, minus some very bad exceptions, have better pacing, better writing and as a result, season 7 is my favorite thus far. I wouldn't say I am as hugely obsessed with the show as I was when I began watching it, but nobody has to be obsessed with something all the time to be a fan of it.

[Sparklefan1234 171,237]

15 minutes ago, Foxy Socks said:

Sometimes I do, and I don't watch the show much right now unless a new episode is out. I still love the show, but it's normal to change interests.

 

That's true.

 

I still love the show but,  I'm more excited to watch new Equestria Girls related things  

 

than I am to watch new episodes of FiM at this point.

Edited November 30, 2017 by Sparklefan1234

[Megas 27,676]

I cringe at the word cringe 

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

5 minutes ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

 

That's true.

 

I still love the show but,  I'm more excited to watch new Equestria Girls related things  

 

than I am to watch new episodes of FiM at this point.

I am the opposite. I don't care much for EG, but love the actual show.

[Lambdadelta 1,462]

7 hours ago, Pink Feather said:

I don't know why but I find myself cringing at most MLP moments in the newer episodes these days. And then I'm like, there's nothing wrong with these scenes. Why am I cringing? Maybe because the dialogue is unnatural? I have no idea why. I hope I'm not alone in this. Anyone got an explanation?

What are your 'newer' episodes? Season 5-7? 

The writers keep changing during season 5-7, some of their writting styles didnt fit you, some dialogues feel clunky compare to other seasons, some moments feel awkward (mind you, earlier season had many cringy moment as well). I think the true culprit is the dialogues, especially they are written by some newbie writers, there nothing wrong behind the idea of the episodes (that why you feel there nothing wrong with the episodes) but some dialogues  somehow feel forced and expository may put you off.

Is that what you feel? Correct me if i am wrong.

[SkyPie 261]

23 minutes ago, Lambdadelta said:

What are your 'newer' episodes? Season 5-7? 

The writers keep changing during season 5-7, some of their writting styles didnt fit you, some dialogues feel clunky compare to other seasons, some moments feel awkward (mind you, earlier season had many cringy moment as well). I think the true culprit is the dialogues, especially they are written by some newbie writers, there nothing wrong behind the idea of the episodes (that why you feel there nothing wrong with the episodes) but some dialogues  somehow feel forced and expository may put you off.

Is that what you feel? Correct me if i am wrong.

Yeah.  I guess it was the unnatural dialogue.

[Them's Seeing Ponies 282]

13 hours ago, Pink Feather said:

Yeah.  I guess it was the unnatural dialogue.

Season 1 also had unnatural dialogue to an extent, but there was a kind of charm to it that endeared the viewer. Seasons 5-7 have less of this charm, so the unnatural dialogue that does show up feels much harder on the viewer. The verbal humour has also degraded to an extent, from the fun, quirky wordplay of the Faust and Renzetti days to very weak and monotonous dry humour during more recent seasons ("that was better than the first eleven times", "seriously, all of them [the books in Twilight's library]", etc. all have the same basic gag at their root and that gag wasn't funny the first time it was told), which may add to this effect. 

Edited November 30, 2017 by Them's Seeing Ponies

[Steve Piranha 29,428]

There are some dialogues that I cringe, but I ignore them shortly afterwards. I do feel like I've lost excitement for ponies however, but maybe it's because this is a post season hiatus where nothing too exciting is announced in forever, AND, with the movie and the season 7 finished a day later (the remaining of S7 was leaked the day after the movie night premiere), I may feel a little burn-out. But I'm desperate for big pony news, other than it's cancellation  

[Drunkfrank 1,125]

Very rarely do I cringe at MLP, if anything, earlier seasons were more "kiddy" and thus more cringy, but even then I almost never did. Season 7 has been very natural and the most real the show has been. Sounds like you are just growing out of it a little bit and are nostalgia bound for thinking earlier seasons didn't have unnatural dialogue.